Previously, because of a players ' strike in 1981, a split-season format forced a divisional playoff series, in which the Montreal Expos won the Eastern Division series over the Philadelphia Phillies three games to two while the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros three games to two in the Western Division.

The Royals returned to the post-season in 1981, losing to the Oakland Athletics in a unique divisional series resulting from the split-season caused by the 1981 Major League Baseball strike.

Although McNamara's 1981 Reds compiled the best overall record in the National League West, the split-season format adopted because of the 1981 Major League Baseball strike denied Cincinnati a place in the playoffs because the Reds finished second in each half-season.

The 1981 campaign was disrupted for six weeks by an in-season players ' strike, which caused the major leagues to adopt a split-season format.

It has been awarded eight Pulitzer Prizes in its history, including four for editorial writing and three for photography before it was converted to tabloid format in 1981.

The Herald American converted to tabloid format in September 1981, but Hearst faced steep declines in circulation and advertising.

In April 1981, Bill Haley & His Comets returned to the British musical charts once again when MCA Records ( inheritors of the Decca catalog ) released " Haley's Golden Medley ", a hastily compiled edit of the band's best known hits in the style of the then-popular " Stars on 45 " format.

In September 1981, CBS shortened the hour-long show to a half-hour, briefly retitled it Wake Up with the Captain, and moved it to an earlier time slot ; it was later moved to weekends in September 1982, and returned to an hour-long format.

The format of the 1981 episodes as aired on CJOH was similar to that of the inaugural 1979 season, with the differences being that each show featured skits revolving around a certain topic ( something that carried over from Whatever Turns You On ) and that the disco dancers were replaced by video game competitions.

Nickelodeon originally aired a handful of episodes in edited half-hour form during 1981 as a test run, since producer Roger Price and director Geoffrey Darby had edited the entire 1981 season of You Can't Do That on Television episodes into a half-hour format similar to Whatever Turns You On for national and international syndication.

The show featured a format somewhat similar to the 1979 and 1981 local episodes of YCDTOTV on CJOH ( including the showing of music videos ), and used a variation on YCDTOTVs trademark green slime called " Yellow Yuck.

In January 1981, WWWW switched to a country music format much to Stern's dislike, who left the station soon after.

In 1981, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States standardized the format.

The last series of Tiswas, beginning in September 1981 and ending in April 1982, had its format heavily tinkered with by ATV management.

The FITS format was first standardized in 1981 ; it has evolved gradually since then, and the most recent version ( 3. 0 ) was standardized in 2008.

In 1981, Bad Religion recorded a six-song self-titled EP, which was initially released in a 7 " format, and soon afterward re-issued as a 12 ".

From 1981 a magazine ( Sunday ) was included with the paper, and in 1984 the paper itself changed from broadsheet to tabloid format.

After its introduction in Japan in 1981, the format was introduced in Europe in 1983 with the LaserVision name although Philips used " VLP " in model designations, such as VLP-600.

For the 1980 launch of the first Universal-Pioneer player, the VP-1000, the name became Laser Disc ( with a ' rainbow ' type logo joining the two words ); in 1981, the space was eliminated and the intercap " LaserDisc " became the final and common brand name for the format, although the official name was LaserVision ( as seen at the beginning of many LaserDisc releases just before the start of the film ).

Starting in 1981, alternative format shows began to be added to the theatre's regular line-up.

" Purified by the Fire " ( Locust, 2005 ), recorded in December 1981, repeats the format of " C Tune ": Catherine Christer Hennix on tamboura and Flynt on electric violin.

WYSP in Philadelphia became the nation's very first " classic rock " station in the spring of 1981, when Frank X Feller, then general manager, received a suggestion and a reel to reel tape with a sample of what the " Classic Rock " format would sound like from account executive Jim Sacony.

Turbo, released by Sega in 1981, was the first racing game to feature a third-person perspective, rear view format.

When the British Amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a six-year hiatus, the show format was retooled in an effort to take advantage of the growing number of rock musicians supporting Amnesty, especially after the 1981 show and the 1986 Conspiracy Of Hope US tour.

For their 1981 release, " Christmas Jamboree Bag ", the Cockney musical act Chas & Dave recorded a medley parodying the " Stars on 45 " format.

DX Juke Box was a media show on Radio Netherlands Worldwide that ran on the English service from its inception in 1961 with Harry van Gelder ( 1911 – 2003 ) and Jim Vastenhoud, through to May 7, 1981 when the name and format was changed to Media Network.

" The lack of alliteration in line 1981 forced Klaeber in his edition, for example, to change side ( the scribe's correction ) to heal.

Nevertheless, in May 1981, Forlani was forced to resign due to the P2 scandal, causing the fall of the Italian government.

After the 1981 general election, the VVD and the CDA had lost their majority, and the CDA was forced to cooperate with the PvdA.

In 1981, Dench was due to play the title role of Grizabella in the original production of Cats, but was forced to pull out due to a torn Achilles tendon, leaving Elaine Paige to play the role.

* Anthony Impreveduto ( 1948 – 2009 ), served on the Town Council from 1981 to 1992 and in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1987-2004 until he was forced to resign after pleading guilty to corruption charges.

After eight consecutive knockouts, Holmes was forced to go the distance when he successfully defended his title against future WBC Heavyweight Champion Trevor Berbick on April 11, 1981.

In 1981 Clinton was forced to disband the P-Funk musical empire due to financial and legal difficulties.

He was supposed to visit during STS-1, but was forced to cancel due to an attempt on his life on March 30, 1981.

By 1981 due to regulation, the company was forced to de-merge, however they resumed their alliance in 1993 as Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television, which therefore owned the two franchises and integrated the two company's assets more than its predecessor.

Konami's Scramble, released in 1981, is a side-scrolling shooter with forced scrolling.

In particular he criticized the forced conscription of 50, 000 men and boys to form a human chain to help crush the Fretilin resistance, and later denounced the Indonesian army for war crimes, in particular the massacre of 500 women and children at the Shrine of St Anthony at Lacluta in September 1981.

In September 1981 Trebek took the helm of the syndicated Pitfall, which taped in Vancouver and forced him to commute as he had while hosting High Rollers and The $ 128, 000 Question in 1978.

Following the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Hosni Mubarak, who held office from 14 October 1981 until 11 February 2011, was forced to resign following calls for his removal from office.

Starting that year, the juntas led by Videla until 1981, and then by Roberto Viola and Leopoldo Galtieri, were responsible for the illegal arrests, tortures, killings and / or forced disappearances of thousands,

In 1981, the New South Wales government forced the amalgamation of Wagga Wagga City Council with neighbouring Kyeamba Shire and Mitchell Shire to form the new City of Wagga Wagga Local government area, containing 4, 886 square kilometres.

The resulting liquidity shortage that occurred in all Comecon countries in 1981 forced them to reduce hard-currency imports.

* In Iran, the Goethe-Institut opened in Tehran in 1958, but was forced to close in 1981 in a diplomatic row between the host country and Germany ; the institut reopened under the German embassy in Tehran as a " point for dialogue.

In 1981, Sandra Lovelace, a Maliseet woman from western New Brunswick forced the issue by taking her case to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, contending that she should not have to lose her own status by her marriage.

One man ( 23 year old Michael " Luciano " Plezia of Cleveland ) was forced to jump at gunpoint in 1981, after having been kidnapped, beaten, tortured, and stabbed.

Frances and Peter Shand Kydd were married on 2 May 1969 and lived on the remote Scottish island of Seil, but was forced into public view following the wedding of Diana to Prince Charles on 29 July 1981.

He went on to make 152 league appearances by the end of 1980 / 81, However the club entered a financial crisis in 1981 and Lawrenson was forced to leave the club to make funds available.

Actress Loretta Swit played the role of Christine Cagney in the original television movie ( October 1981 ), but she was forced to decline the role in the series when the producers of M * A * S * H refused to let her out of her contract.

Environmental and other issues have forced a re-evaluation of the original 1981 plans for the northern end of the freeway.